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Why shouldn't it be counted, it was a SL fixture wasn't it? The desperation to find clouds to every silver lining is so tedious.

Sounds about right, I suppose that allows the ref to make a decision if teams are taking the mick.

There was a set last night by Cas where every Giants ptb was slowed down.....while Cas were desperately trying to score a try late in the game to get a draw. At the same time the Giants were playing the ball as slowly as possible, I couldnt fathom how a message wasnt sent out to get the hell out of the tackle as quickly as possuble.

Is there even any rule/law stating how quickly a ptb has to be?

Oooh, such an incredible take on this, youre so cool.....

Is that what they`ve done, that a different way of doing it, interesting to see how that works out.

I mean even at the most basic level having all the SL games broadcast is an immediate upgrade as a selling point to sponsors. Rather than once every few weeks being on or being unable to say with certainty how many games until very near to the start of the season a club can say at the very least they will have every single game broadcast on Sky in some way or other, plus a much better highlights package and internet/social media presence. Anyone arguing that is either being disingenuous or willfully ignorant.

No, money explains that.

"They just dont get Rugby League" Or rather they didnt bow down and doth their cap to the blokes with a little bit of cash so dont know what they ae doing.... The cult like deference to a load of blokes who put a few quid into a club is embarrassing, its almost Stockholm syndrome for some fans.

I wonder when we went from the overseas players being almost inevitably in the top 3 or 4 players at a club, to padding squads out with them. Weirdly in Cumbria its often cheaper and easier to bring an overseas player in that one from yorkshire/Lancashire, so we`ve had some absolute quality players at Town, Haven etc.

The vast majority of the time a ref encouraging a player to get up is along the lines of "are you able to play the ball/carry on?" Its a question, not an order. You dont really think Refs are forcing players to get up and play the ball when showing signs of injury? There will be outliers obviously, but its 1% of the time.

Managing by conflict between Ganson and his referees is just not going to work, its a ridiculous way to do it, and as history has shown was doomed to fail, massively.

The mental gymnastics by the IMG haters when this new mob completely ignore p&r and just cherry pick a few clubs to go in on the back of no metrics and just "vibes" is going to be hilarious.

I dont understand anyone who finds these punishments harsh, it literally could mean the difference between life and death in the most extreme situations, in others it could impact an injured players life forever. All the players know the rules and the level of punishment, so dont do it, its that simple.

All of it, its just a weird thing to say, why on earth would you "want" conflict.

One I remember is Anthony Samuel, who while not exactly a world beater was much better than the majority of players around him during his tome at Town.

Your just embarrassing yourself now, behave.

Absolute nonsense.

Stop it.

Watching it again its even worse, the Wigan player knocks it in too . There's no way any ref should ever get that decision do badly wrong.

Can't beat a bit of satire....

Sickening.

Wells desperately trying to jinx it

I honestly can't understand how he watched that and said nothing in it, it's blatant.

How can he say there's no pull back there That's incredible when we are all seeing Smith do it.